Posted in Art, Eccentricities, Interviews, South London People, tagged artist, clothing, deptford, design, fashion, london, recycling, south on July 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Recycling artist Lauren Shanley talks to East Dulwich based filmmaker and Dulwich OnView regular contributor, Laverne Hunt, about her designs.
Lauren Shanley, the queen of glamorous recycling lives in South London and has done since she moved here from New Zealand over twenty years ago. Inspired by art, history and a commitment to recycling, [...]
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by Anna Maria Di Brina
I found out about Artichoke Print Workshop while looking for a place where I could print out my little zinc plate - a present for guests at my September wedding.
I discovered it, after a bit of wandering around for the right entrance, at the upper floor of a unique Victorian [...]
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Susan Tebbutt interviews Emily Faludy as part of DPG Friends’ Celebration of South London Women Artists. View local artists’ work or add your own at www.southlondonwomenartists.co.uk
Born in Portsmouth, Emily studied for a BA in Fine Art at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth 2004-07, was included in the Welsh Portrait Award in 2006, and focussed [...]
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East Dulwich photographer, Sara Lloyd, captures a unique view of the people behind Carter’s Steam Fair
Warm, articulate and welcoming are probably not the first words that may spring to mind when people think of travelling showmen. But many assumptions were blown away the first time I met the family and people who are [...]
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Susan Tebbutt interviews Samara Couri as part of DPG Friends’ Celebration of South London Women Artists.
Samara Couri bubbles with energy and charm. Born in Bulgaria, she has lived in London since she was 5. Tom Davies, her secondary school art teacher, was ‘one of the biggest inspirations for me and many other students’ and [...]
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Posted in Around Dulwich, Books and poetry, Interviews, Local History, tagged one eye grey, london legends, mermaids, ravens, ghosts, south east london folklore society on June 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Mermaids in the Lido, ghosts in Peckham, spooky ravens in Anerly Hill – there’s a whole new side to south London out there, if you know where to look. Anna Sayburn talks to London folklore expert and ‘penny dreadful’ editor Chris Roberts about the weirder side of life.
I met Chris when I turned up for [...]
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Posted in Community, Interviews, South London People, tagged Dulwich, Southwark, Charity Collection, BBC1 Children in Need, The Blue Cross, Battersea Cats and Dogs Home, Living and Loving Foundation, Roy Downes on May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Continuing our series of South London People, Angie Macdonald talks to Roy Downes, aka The Charity Man.
For the past eight years Roy Downes has been a familiar figure on many a Dulwich doorstep. Armed with his folder of letters and press clippings and a cheeky grin, it’s likely that Roy has knocked on your [...]
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Anna Sayburn meets the Dulwich Ukulele Club, who play the Dulwich Festival in May and at the Dulwich Picture Gallery LATE in June.
My musical career started and ended with grade 1 recorder, aged seven (failed). So when I unwrapped a ukulele one recent Christmas morning, I was sceptical.
To my surprise, it is possible to get [...]
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Posted in Around Dulwich, Film, Theatre & Music, Interviews, New work - Exclusives, What's On, tagged Blood Rose, Carol Rowlands, Carolyn Herail, Dulwich Festival, Jeremy Silver, Mark Glentworth, Michael Giuletta, opera, Oscar Wilde on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
This year for the first time in its history The Dulwich Festival will be presenting the world premiere of a new chamber opera, Blood Rose. Written by Mark Glentworth, with libretto by Carolyn Herail and led by the acclaimed conductor Jeremy Silver and the director Michael Gieleta, it promises to be a major highlight [...]
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Posted in Around Dulwich, Film, Theatre & Music, Interviews, tagged Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Dulwich Festival, Ilone Antonius-Jones, Louis de Bernieres, music, poetry on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
What brings together flutes, mandolins, a South London comprehensive school, poetry, and the Crown and Greyhound in Dulwich Village? For one night only, courtesy of the Dulwich Festival, it’s Captain Corelli author Louis de Bernieres and his musical partner, flautist Ilone Antonius-Jones. Anna Sayburn popped some questions.
How did the two of you meet [...]
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